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✨ Telegraph Business Statistics

STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30TH JUNE, 1929.

POSTAL DISTRICTS.	Number of Offices open at End of Quarter.	Ordinary Telegrams, including Paid Government Telegrams.		Urgent Ordinary Telegrams.		Letter Telegrams.		Press Telegrams.		Toll Communications.		Total.
		Number.	Amount.	Number.	Amount.	Number.	Amount.	Number. *	Amount. †	Number.	Amount.	Number.	Amount.
Auckland ..	..	400	264,353	£ s. d. 12,969 9 0	12,621	£ s. d. 1,187 10 6	19,869	£ s. d. 910 4 8	18,696	£ s. d. 2,672 8 10	402,956	£ s. d. 16,084 14 0½	718,495
Blenheim ..	..	86	16,917	790 0 3	661	53 3 7	1,746	73 15 5	1,695	445 17 0	48,973	1,974 2 3½	69,992
Christchurch	..	187	146,280	7,050 6 3½	7,068	739 11 0	10,682	460 4 1	12,734	2,462 15 8	271,768	12,399 5 7	448,532
Dunedin ..	..	206	107,974	5,104 4 9½	3,163	326 9 11	10,713	481 7 9½	7,288	1,106 6 0	191,011	8,800 1 6	320,149
Gisborne ..	..	59	34,533	1,734 12 9	1,249	149 8 4	5,535	257 16 7	2,211	679 11 11	77,268	3,814 6 10½	120,796
Greymouth..	..	77	33,005	1,460 19 10	845	96 1 6	3,597	159 18 7½	1,896	714 8 2	36,554	1,690 4 4	75,897
Hamilton ..	..	183	97,556	4,465 19 9	3,415	342 14 2	3,809	161 11 1	3,579	427 17 4	274,594	10,844 18 0½	382,953
Invercargill	..	153	46,323	2,105 5 4½	1,365	136 17 4	4,031	177 10 7	2,010	894 1 7	166,229	5,978 17 5½	219,958
Napier ..	..	69	58,325	2,705 10 11½	2,099	201 5 3	5,635	245 2 3½	4,910	948 6 1	199,583	7,807 16 1	270,552
Nelson ..	..	120	32,113	1,519 8 0½	1,549	164 2 1½	2,296	100 9 7	2,177	400 1 11	64,394	2,502 1 2	102,529
New Plymouth	..	106	53,169	2,566 5 8	2,039	178 12 7½	4,767	210 11 7	3,506	1,053 16 6	158,567	5,663 14 10½	222,048
Oamaru ..	..	50	15,072	654 16 8½	322	28 13 3	1,062	44 9 1	695	572 0 1	33,302	1,540 9 0½	50,453
Palmerston North	..	77	58,598	2,657 6 10½	2,088	157 14 0	3,080	131 5 7	4,663	1,012 5 5	208,028	8,481 17 6½	276,457
Thames ..	..	72	40,595	1,781 14 1½	1,236	104 3 2	1,794	76 19 3	1,037	109 9 2	103,347	3,860 19 6	148,009
Timaru ..	..	58	33,129	1,495 6 1	671	71 19 3	2,847	120 10 3	1,514	780 17 0	96,524	4,301 8 11½	134,685
Wanganui ..	..	90	51,342	2,316 10 3½	2,336	173 14 3	3,188	133 14 1	3,561	797 3 10	126,568	6,015 8 3½	186,995
Wellington ..	..	94	240,894	16,952 0 1½	10,716	1,323 14 11½	15,024	685 1 1	63,066	1,471 16 1	249,804	12,151 6 1½	579,504
Westport ..	..	38	17,733	803 3 2	521	65 11 8	1,704	74 1 7	561	244 19 10	16,039	577 12 7½	36,558
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1929	2,125	1,347,911	69,133 0 1	53,964	5,501 6 10½	101,379	4,504 13 2½	135,799	16,794 2 5	2,725,509	114,529 4 4	4,364,562	210,462 6 11
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1928	2,158	1,305,294	66,635 4 11½	54,150	5,517 13 1½	99,686	4,376 11 4½	133,951	16,687 7 3	2,491,212	103,461 17 4	4,084,293	196,678 14 0½

Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” upon delivery.

† Amount received from prepaid and “collect” Press telegrams.

General Post Office, Wellington, 25th July, 1929.

J. ROBERTSON, Acting-Secretary.

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